Abdominal pain related to mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy syndrome may benefit from splanchnic nerve blockade

Paediatric Anaesthesia

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1073-1076

  Çelebi, Nalan ^a   Şahin, Altan ^a   Canbay, Özgür ^a   Üzümcügil, Filiz ^a   Aypar, Ulkü ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Epigastric pain; Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalomyopathy; Splanchnic nerve blockade

Indexed keywords

CODEINE; FENTANYL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DUODENUM OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MNGIE SYNDROME; NERVE BLOCK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLANCHNIC NERVE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; AMINES; ANALGESICS; ANESTHETICS, LOCAL; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL ENCEPHALOMYOPATHIES; NERVE BLOCK; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PRILOCAINE; SPLANCHNIC NERVES;

EID: 33748754018     PISSN: 11555645     EISSN: 14609592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1460-9592.2006.01918.x     Document Type: Article

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